Why can’t all programs be standalone .exe ?

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Why do we have to install programs to programfiles and have some leave behind empty folders when uninstalled? Like why cant we just have the standalone .exe thats saved on the desktop? It would be much easier to remove as you just need to delete the icon right?

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Often they want to keep certain files apart like game level files so you can install your own levels for example. Many programs have separate help files.

Some programs are more complicated too, with multiple parts. Word and Excel are two different programs so of course they would be two different EXE files. But did you also know there are also DLL files that other programs can access? They have to not only be separate files, but also the registry has to say where they are so that they can find them.

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